A federal road requirement has County Council considering how to budget for the replacement of thousands of stop, speed limit and street name signs in the county.

County Administrator Steve Willis recently asked council to look at its 2010-11 budget to see if there is any room to allocate funds for replacing signs on streets throughout the county. Willis suggested council consider an increase in property taxes or raising the road fee, which is now $15.

Mike Pope, the former Indian Land head football coach and Lancaster High School assistant, says yes.

Pope, of course, can’t speak from that lofty experience, but he envisions a place where the offense always produces when it has possession and the defense, no matter the situation, delivers a stop each time in an eternal game.

“How this all works out, I don’t know,” Pope said. “When we get there, we will know.”